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Cabinet ministers and a senator team will be sworn in next week, it was confirmed yesterday.
A government spokeswoman said that David Burt, the Premier, met John Rankin, the Governor, in the wake of the Progressive Labour Party’s landslide General El...
DATE: Oct 03, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Disillusioned residents may have “voted in their seat” and stayed away from the polls yesterday, a political commentator said.
Ashfield DeVent believed that the absence of thousands of eligible voters from the ballot boxes sent a message to the incom...
DATE: Oct 02, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Voters were asked to “take a leap” yesterday and “speak boldly” when they went to the polls today.
Craig Cannonier, the leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, added that his party had learnt from its time in government from 2012 to 2017.
He said: “You h...
DATE: Oct 01, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than 90 per cent of people in a poll this year said that the Government had handled the Covid-19 crisis well.
A survey by Total Research Associates and Narrative Research found that 92 per cent of the 400 people they talked to between April 22 a...
DATE: Sep 29, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The leader of the Free Democratic Movement asked yesterday for clarification on the Progressive Labour Party’s mask-wearing policy after he was criticised for his opinion on the subject despite video footage that showed two former Cabinet ministers a...
DATE: Sep 29, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Leaders of the island’s political parties pushed messages of unity and building a better future in a pre-election forum last night.
Topics covered included education, the economy, healthcare reform and the environment in panel interviews set up by Co...
DATE: Sep 29, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A new Progressive Labour Party administration would introduce an amended health plan after the Covid-19 pandemic impacted the island’s finances, the Government said.
The PLP announced in its platform last week that the programme would be launched in ...
DATE: Sep 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A One Bermuda Alliance politician asked yesterday what security was put up by an American music promoter who received an $800,000 government loan to set up a recording studio in Dockyard.
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin claimed the deal, agreed in April 2018...
DATE: Sep 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The One Bermuda Alliance has revealed its “social contract” with the island — and said it was something “all Bermudians can believe in”.
A message from Craig Cannonier, the party’s leader, told the public the election platform was “a reflection of yo...
DATE: Sep 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A founding member of the Free Democratic Movement has resigned from the group and will not be a candidate in the General Election.
Kae Thomas Palacio announced the move yesterday.
A press release said: “Kae Thomas Palacio has resigned as a founder an...
DATE: Sep 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter